Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series (DSSS)

DSSS - Cryptic genetic variation: the hidden treasures of phenotypic variation

Date: May 9, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Jan E. Kammenga
Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - Epigenetic inheritance of chromatin states in C. elegans

Date: May 16, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Ass. Professor Florian Steiner
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme
Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures

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DSSS - Competition and warfare in bacteria and the human microbiome

Date: May 23, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Kevin Foster
Department of Biology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme
Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures

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DSSS - The Membrane Domains of Adenylyl Cyclases Define a New Level of Regulation

Date: May 30, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Joachim E. Schultz
Guest Researcher, MPI for Biology Tübingen
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme
Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures

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DSSS - FGF21 and Alcohol: A Sobering Liaison

Date: Jun 6, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. David J. Mangelsdorf
Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Alfred G. Gilman Distinguished Chair in Pharmacology Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Molecular Neuropharmacology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - One size fits all? Understanding the development and evolution of petal patterns using Hibiscus as a model system

Date: Jun 13, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Edwige Moyroud
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge, University of Cambridge, UK
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - The design of evolution and the evolution of design

Date: Jul 4, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andreas Plückthun
Dept. of Biochemistry University of Zurich
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

Date: Jul 11, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Assis. Prof. Michael O’Donnell
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - How do cells create tissue patterns?

Date: Jul 25, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Pulin Li
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Department of Biology, MIT
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme
Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures

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DSSS - tbd

Date: Sep 26, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Franjo Weissing
Prof. Dr. Emeritus professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

Date: Oct 10, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Nicholas J Talbot
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

Date: Oct 20, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Corrie S. Moreau
Department of Entomology, Cornell University
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tba

Date: Oct 31, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Manuel Irimia
Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme
Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures

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DSSS - cancelled

Date: Nov 7, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. William C. Ratcliff
School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

Date: Nov 14, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Ass. Prof. Maria Barna
Genetics Department, Stanford University
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

Date: Nov 21, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Simonetta Gribaldo
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

Date: Nov 28, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Ueli Grossniklaus
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Universität Zürich
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

Date: Dec 5, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Ana Marija Jakšić
Group Leader, EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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